“Chadwick” Strawberry Jello Salad

Ingredients

2 cups crushed pretzels

3/4 cup butter

8 oz cream cheese

1 cup powdered sugar

4 cups cool whip

1 large box strawberry jello

20 oz sliced sugared strawberries

Directions

Mix 2 cups crushed pretzels with three-quarter cup melted butter and pat into the bottom of a 9 x 13“ dish. Bake for eight minutes at 350°. Cool.

Mix 8 ounces cream cheese with one cup powdered sugar. Add and mix in 4 cups Cool Whip. Spread on top of cooled pretzel layer. (Make sure there is a seal on all the sides of the dish so your Jell-O doesn’t leak through the Cool Whip layer and get to your pretzels.) Put the dish in the fridge to cool while you prepare your strawberry layer.

Mix 2 cups boiling water with a large box of strawberry Jell-O. Mix until Jello-O is dissolved. Add 20 ounces of sliced frozen strawberries to the Jello-O mixture. Let this set up in the fridge for 10 to 15 minutes until it starts to thicken - just a little bit - then pour this over the top of your pretzel salad. Note, It will be runny and that’s ok. Let all the layers sit undisturbed in the refrigerator for at least eight hours until set.

Notes

I also noticed a big difference (it gets runny) when you use generic ingredients … I only use name brand ingredients in this recipe!